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...Instead, the questions focused more on judgment: ‘What do you think about the Vietnam War?’ ‘What do you think about a certain firm’s business decision?’”Rangan found himself drawn to the field of marketing, and pursued the subject at IIM Ahmedabad and then at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. “The main thing that intrigued me was the discussion of cases rather than lectures from a textbook,” Rangan said. “That appealed...
...What They're Watching in Pakistan: Footage of the Sept. 24 meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (in which Zardari called Palin "gorgeous" and said he'd like to hug her) has been must-see TV on local networks and has drawn tens of thousands of viewers on YouTube. While some laughed off Zardari's behavior--one station ran the clip with a romantic Urdu ballad sound track--many called it unbecoming of a head of state. One mosque leader issued a fatwa against him, calling his gushing un-Islamic...
After hours of driving one day, we stopped on a bridge over the Tigris for a car wash, where masked youths, looking like bandits, had drawn water out of the cloudy current by hose. They seemed friendly enough, but as our stationary convoy began attracting curious eyes, our bodyguards said it was time to move. "We are in the war," Sami reminded us, his grin a mix of humor and utter seriousness in the rearview mirror. In a second, we were off again, dust flying, as the muffled voice of the lead driver came in over the radios...
...health care or highways could suddenly find $700 billion for No Banker Left Behind? And so this time, people made themselves heard: they passed petitions, lit up the phone lines, melted the message boards. In an age of poisonous partisanship, it was like an antitoxin, the country drawn together, red and blue, young and old, in disgust at elected Representatives who had failed to foresee or forestall a man-made, slow-motion catastrophe...
...swells with the regularity of the tide until the climactic end. With noble, powerful gestures, Levine roused the entire symphony in the grand return of the opening theme. As the musicians struck the final notes, filling the entire Symphony Hall with the glorious finale, all audience members were drawn to their feet for several solid minutes of thunderous applause. The first two performances were undoubtedly enjoyable, but “Pictures,” without question, outshined the rest of the evening. Though Levine was asked to return to the stage multiple times for additional bows, no encore was played...